Re: EXPECT script - escaping special char's

[Jay Vaughn <jeffersonvaughn@xxxxxxxxx>]

stand down - need a space before the \n - grrrrrr

On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 11:34 AM, Jay Vaughn <jeffersonvaughn@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> I have an expect script, that chokes on the env variable definition
> below...
>
> #!/usr/local/bin/expect -f
> set timeout 20
> spawn sftp -vvv -oport=22 jay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> expect {
>   default {exit 2}
>   "continue connecting (yes/no)?" {send "yes\n"; exp_continue}
>   "password:" {send "$env(SSH_PASS)\n"; exp_continue}
> "sftp>"
> }
>
>
> it chokes on the red env variable above (most likely because of the $)...
>
>     can't read "env(SSH_PASS)": no such variable while executing "send
> "$env(SSH_PASS)\n""
>
>
>
> Does anyone know away to escape the $ in the script?  I got this from
> Scott Klement link, but it did not address the escaping of the $...
>
> Jay